Island Zombie

Iceland Writings

Roni Horn

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Princeton University Press
08 February 2021

An evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural world

I'm often asked, but have no idea why I chose Iceland, why I first started going, why I still go. In truth I believe Iceland chose me.-from the introduction

Contemporary artist Roni Horn first visited Iceland in 1975 at the age of nineteen, and since then, the island's treel

By: Roni Horn
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691208145
ISBN 10: 069120814X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 February 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roni Horn is an artist and writer whose books include Another Water, Wonderwater (Alice Offshore), Weather Reports You, and Roni Horn aka Roni Horn.

Reviews for Island Zombie: Iceland Writings

'Iceland was the only place I went without cause, just to be there,' the New York-based artist Roni Horn writes in Island Zombie, her attempt to explain her powerful affinity for the country. Pieced together from decades of essays, interviews, poetry and photographs, Horn's latest book is a reflection on the complex beauty of a place that she continues to return to with migratory insistence and regularity. ---Chris Allnutt, Financial Times Sensually arresting . . . eloquent. . . . The first sections of the book will stoke the desire for a more in-depth study of Iceland; the others will interest veteran Iceland-watchers. * Kirkus Reviews * A wonderful, beguiling read in which Roni takes us deep into her experience of Iceland. ---Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper, A Brush With . . .